A.    PHONETICS (1.5 pts)

Exercise 01: (0.75 pts) Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.

1. A. chemist                        B. school                     C. chance                    D. chaos

2. A. frog                             B. drag                        C. change                    D. mug

3. A. kite                              B. cookie                     C. hike                         D. knit

 Exercise 02: (0.75 pts) Choose the word that has stress pattern differently from the others.

4. A. ticket                           B. costume                  C. event                       D. number

5. A. return                           B. happen                    C. differ                      D. visit

6. A. yourself                       B. thirteen                   C. abroad                    D. village

I. Circle the word having different sound in the underlined part (1m)

1.A. chemistry B. school                     C. machine                  D. character

2.A kite                        B cookie                      C hike                          D knit

3 A.occasion                B.television                  C.sugar                         D. decision

4  A.food                     B. tooth                        C.flood                            D.noodle

II. Circle the odd one out (1m)           

1.A. beans                   B. carrot                       C.lamb                         D. tomato

2.A. coffee                  B. fruit juice                C. tea.                          D. tomato

3.A.cakes                     B. chocolate                 C. nuts                         D. fish

4.A.temple                   B. tomb                        C.pagoda                     D.culture

I. Circle the word having different sound in the underlined part (1m)

1.A. chemistry B. school                     C. machine                  D. character

2.A kite                        B cookie                      C hike                          D knit

3 A.occasion                B.television                  C.sugar                         D. decision

4  A.food                     B. tooth                        C.flood                            D.noodle

II. Circle the odd one out (1m)

1.A. beans                   B. carrot                       C.lamb                         D. tomato

2.A. coffee                  B. fruit juice                C. tea.                          D. tomato

3.A.cakes                     B. chocolate                 C. nuts                         D. fish

4.A.temple                   B. tomb                        C.pagoda                     D.culture

I.                   Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part

1.      A. enjoys                           B. prepares                      C. attends                      D. reports

2.      A. festival                         B. together                       C. elephant                    D. telephone

3.      A. Easter                           B. ready                            C. season                        D. teacher

4.      A. Halloween                  B. water                            C. wedding                     D. week

5.      A. childhood                    B. Christmas                    C. chocolate                   D. challenge

I.          Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part

1. A. erupt                                B. bury                                     C. mudslide                                  D. public

2. A. disaster                             B. severe                                  C. touchscreen                              D. personal

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part

1.        A. purpose          B. bottle                     C. collect                   D. second

2.        A. heard              B. pearl                      C. heart                      D. earth

3.        A. button            B. circus                    C. suggest                  D. future

I. Choose the words that have the different stress from the others

4.solution              B. increasing             C. recommend    

D.abundant

5.develop               B. enormous              C. improvement

D. different

III. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences.

6.        Solar energy is renewable, …………………….and clean. (PLENTY)

7.        More renewable energy sources will be used to solve the problem of ………. (POLLUTE)

8.        The …………….of wind turbines will be completed by next Friday. (INSTALL)

9.        Tom rode his bike ………………….…and had an accident. (CARE)

10.    Thomas Edison is one of the greatest ………………….… in history. (INVENT)

I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) which has a different sound in the underlined part

1. A. with        B. breathe                 C. they                      D. truth

2. A. show       B. snow                     C. now                      D. slow

3. A. care         B. share                     C. prepare                 D. career

4. A. fear         B. near                      C. hear                      D. bear

5. A. like          B. bit                         C. bite                       D. kind

I. Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1.       A. school     B. architect            C. change              D. chemical

2.       A. buffalo    B. minority            C. gold                           D. close

3.       A. end                   B. pencil               C. open                           D. bench

4.       A. wanted    B. washed             C. watched            D. stopped

5.       A. remote    B. explore             C. relax                           D. diverse

II. Choose the words that have the different stress from the others.

1.       A. reflect     B. fable                           C. spindle              D. legend

2.       A. ancestor B. origin                C. stepmother                  D. continue

3.       A. capture    B. granny              C. command                   D. swallow

4.       A. rescue     B. religion             C. servant              D. tortoise

5.       A. emperor B. woodcutter                 C. announce                    D. suddenly

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the correct answers.

1. Alice saw/ was seeing the accident when she was catching the bus.

2. What were you doing/ did you do when I called?

3. I didn’t visit/ weren’t visiting my friends last summer holiday.

4. It rained/ was raining heavily last July.

5. While people were talking to each other, he read/ was reading his book.

6. My sister was eating/ ate hamburgers every weekend last month.

7. While we were running/ run in the park, Mary fell over.

8. Did you find/ Were you finding your keys yesterday?

9. Who was she dancing/ did she dance with at the party last night?

10. They were watching/ watched football on TV all day.

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

1. My dad doesn’t mind .................... my mom from work every day.

          A. pick up             B. picked up                   C. picking up                  D. picks up

2. Using computers too much may have harmful effects .................... your minds and bodies.

          A. on                     B. to                      C. with                  D. onto

3. I love the people in my village. They are so .................... and hospitable.

          A. friendly            B. vast                  C. slow                 D. inconvenient

4. The .................... people in the village are very friendly.

          A. ethnic minority B. majorities          C. ethnic minorities         D. ethnic cultures

5. Can you speak English .................... My English is not good.

          A. slow                           B. more slowly                C. quickly             D. more quickly

6. Viet Nam is .................... multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups.     A. a       B. an      C. the     D. A and C

7. Which ethnic groups have the largest population in Viet Nam?     A. Kinh      B. Muong     C. Tay    D. Hmong

8. The Lao are one of .................... many Thai- speaking peoples.    A. the         B. a               C. an       D. A and C

III. Find the mistakes.

1. I was play football when she called me.

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2. Was you study Math at 5 p.m. yesterday?

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3. What was she do while her mother was making lunch?

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4. Where did you went last Sunday?

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5. They weren’t sleep during the meeting last Monday.

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6. He got up early and have breakfast with his family yesterday morning.

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7. She didn’t broke the flower vase. Tom did.

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8. Last week my friend and I go to the beach by bus.

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9. While I am listening to music, I heard the doorbell.

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10. Peter turn on the TV, but nothing happened.

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IV. Put the correct verb form of the past tenses.

          In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (1. go)  ................ to the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I (2. swim) ......................... in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (3. drink)  ......................... some water. Suddenly I (4. see) ............... a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (5. be)  .............. beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (6. beat) ................ fast. I (7. ask) ................ him for his name with a shy voice. He (8. tell)  .............. me that his name was John. He (9. stay)  ................ with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we

(10. have).............. a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him.

V. Put the verb in correct tense or form.

1. Trung’s father (teach) him how (ride) a bicycle when he (be) twelve years old.

2. How your brother (go) to work everyday?          - He usually (drive).

3. We (go) to Ha Long Bay this weekend.

4. You (use) to play so much when you (live) in the countryside?

5. Yesterday Hoang (spend) two hours (repair) his computer set.

VI. Write these sentences, putting one verb into the correct form of “used to” and the other into the past simple.

1. He (live) in London before he (go) abroad.

2. I (earn) a lot of money, but then I (lose) my job.

3. I‟m surprised that they (join) the tennis dub. They (not/ like) tennis.

4. you (travel) a lot before you (become) a teacher?

5. That radio (work) before I (drop) it.

6. We (see) them every week, but then we (have) an argument.

7. She (play) tennis a lot before she (break) her leg.

8. She (drive) a lot before she (have) an accident.

9. We (have) a garden, but then we (move) to a different house.

C. READING

 I.  Fill the gaps with the words/ phrases in the box.

In addition also   As I have noted              In my opinion                Besides                 I think

                   MY FAVORITE LEISURE ACTIVITY IS LISTENING TO MUSIC

(1) , …………..…… listening to music not only helps me relax but also provides me with musical knowledge. I (2) ………. like the time that I can lie lazily in bed, put on the small earphone with my iPod and enjoy any favorite songs of many kinds of music: pop, hip-hop, rock or jazz. I like pop music very much because I think it is gentle and suitable for teenagers. I listen to rock music when I am sad and after that I feel cheerful and happy. (3) ………….. music from other countries is also good for teenagers to understand other cultures.

(4) …………... that, the lyrics are easy to understand and interesting. (5) ………….…  , it can improve my English and listening skills. (6) ………………… , music is an important part of my life and it helps me love my life more.

II. Read the following passage, and answer the questions below.

          Duong Lam Village is located in Duong Lam Commune at a 45km distance from Hanoi. It is the birthplace of two kings in the history of Vietnam, Phung Hung and Ngo Quyen, who opened up the long-term self-control and independence period of Vietnam after Bach Dang Victory in the year 938.

All houses, gates, village gates and wells are built of laterite creating an architectural complex, a unique village that is typical for villages in the midlands in the North of Vietnam.

          At present, there are still nearly old 200 houses and many other historical monuments such as Phung Hung Temple, Ngo Quyen Royal Tomb, MongPhu Communal House, Ho Gam Hill at which Phung Hung liked tigers to rescue villagers and the temple at which the diplomat Giang Van Minh is worshiped.

1. Where is Duong Lam village? _______________________________________________________________

2. Who were the two kings whose birthplace is Duong Lam Village?

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3. What is Duong Lam typical for? ____________________________________________________________

4. How many old houses are there in Duong Lam?

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III. Complete the first part of the story Cinderella. Use the verbs from the box in the Past Simple Tense.

sleep            love             wash           see               say (x2)                 be (x2)                  iron

          have (x2)     run              scrub           tear             live              come

          Once upon a time, there (1) ……… a pretty young girl named Cinderella. She (2) ……… with her mean stepmother and two jealous stepsisters. Poor Cinderella (3) ……… to do all of the cooking and cleaning. She (4) ……… in a dusty attic and (5) ……… nothing to wear but old clothes. But no matter how mean her stepmother and stepsisters (6) ……., Cinderella was always cheerful. Even the animals (7) ……… to be near her. One day a letter (8) ………, inviting everyone to the King’s palace for a ball.  Cinderella’s stepmother (9) ,……. “Cinderella, you may go, but only if you finish your work.”

          Cinderella (10) …..…… , (11) ………  and (12) ………….. floors all day. Meanwhile, Cinderella’s little friends made her a lovely gown. When Cinderella’s stepsisters (13) …….. the gown, they (14)……… it to pieces. “That’s my ribbon!” cried one.

“And those are my beads!” the other shouted. Cinderella (15) …….. to the garden in tears. “Now I can’t go to the ball,” she cried.

“Don’t cry, my child,” (16) …… a gentle voice.

“I am your fairy godmother, and I have come to help you."

D. WRITING

I. Use the words and phrases to complete the story.

THE STORY OF A TOWN

1. Brighton is/ largest seaside resort/ the south-east of England.

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2. At first the town/ be a fishing village and/ not become popular until about 1800.

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3. Rich people/ begin to visit Brighton in large numbers/ when King George IV/ decided/ build a house there, it/ become very fashionable. _________________________________________________________________________

4. The King/ continue to visit it until 1827, but Queen Victoria/ not like the house.

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5. It is open/ the public every day/ there is a special exhibition there/ the summer.

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6. Brighton/ offers all kinds/ entertainment, from concerts/ plays in the theatre to local attractions like the Aquarium.

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7. The area/ old houses known/ The Lanes is/ very attractive shopping centre,/ visitors can buy souvenirs/ antiques. _________________________________________________________________________

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8. The houses/ were once lived in by fishermen/ but have now been converted into shops.

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9. Not far/ The Lanes is a modern shopping centre/ licensed restaurants and tables outdoors/ you can enjoy/ drink in good weather.  ______________________________________________________________

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10. Brighton is within easy reach/ London and has been/ popular day out for Londoners/ many years.

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II. Connect each pair of sentences, using the conjunction or conjunctive adverb given in brackets.

1. The weather in India is rather hot all year round. You shouldn’t wear shorts or sleeveless shirts when visiting a pagoda. (but) …………………………………………………………………………………….

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2. Lim Festival is the festival of “Quan Ho” singing. It is also space for various folk games. (moreover)

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3. People believe that the first person who visits their home during Tet holiday may determine their fortune for the whole year. The person who sweeps the floor on the first three days of this festive occasion might sweep away the wealth. (however) …………………………………………………………………………………….

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4. Lion dances are held when opening a new company, or connecting an activity. These dances are believed to bring good luck and prosperity and drive away evil. (because) …………………………………………………………………………………….

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5. You come and visit a Chinese family. You should bear in mind not to give an odd number of presents. Odd numbers are considered unlucky in China. (if; because)

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III. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. Tea is cheaper than coffee. -> Coffee ............................................................................................................

2 I adore listening to music every day. -> I enjoy ...............................................................................................

3. The red car is more expensive than the black one. -> The black car ...............................................................

4. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.

-> Mary ....................................................................................................................................

5. Son Tung M-TP performs the song “Chung ta khong thuoc ve nhau” very beautifully.

-> The song “Chung ta khong thuoc ve nhau” ........................................................................... ……………….

6. A fish swims faster than a duck. -> A duck .....................................................................................................

7. My house is bigger than your house. -> Your house ...................................................................................

8. I moved to Ha Noi five years ago. -> I have ......................................................................................................

I. Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1.  A. school              B. architect           C. change             D. chemical

2.  A. buffalo             B. minority           C. gold                 D. close

3.  A. end                  B. pencil               C. open                D. bench

4.  A. wanted             B. washed            C. watched           D. stopped

5.  A. remote             B. explore            C. relax                D. diverse

II. Choose the words that have the different stress from the others.

1.  A. reflect              B. fable                 C. spindle             D. legend

2.  A. ancestor           B. origin               C. stepmother      D. continue

3.  A. capture            B. granny             C. command         D. swallow

4.  A. rescue              B. religion            C. servant             D. tortoise

5.  A. emperor           B. woodcutter      C. announce         D. suddenly